Shelby 41, Alexander Central 37  The Shelby all-stars (ages 11-12) fought back from a 10-point halftime deficit to win the Western Youth Athletic Association title game, outscoring their foes 17-2 in the third period to take control.

Shelby was paced by Maleek McMullens with 13 points and Keelyn Surratt with eight.

Mikayla Price and Jamie Slater had two assists each, with Kimberlee Farris and Katy Robinson adding one assist apiece.

Haley Camp was in goal for the shutout.

Kings Mountain plays at South Point on Monday in the Gazette Cup.

Varsity softball

Kings Mountain 16, Bessemer City 6 (5 innings)  Reagan Childers was the winning pitcher for the Lady Mountaineers with six strikeouts and seven hits allowed. She also had two hits and two RBIs. Mikeala Bell, Leah Herndon and Emily Hester each had two hits and one RBI, while Amber Goins, Emily Bell, Ashlie Harris and Miranda Ellis each had two RBIs.

Jada Robbs had the game-winning RBI single in the eighth and also had a two-run double in the seventh to send the contest to extra innings.

Poston was the winning pitcher with eight strikeouts in a complete-game effort.

Shelby (2-0) plays at Ashbrook at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

JV baseball

Crest 5, Shelby 0  Jared Triplett went five innings and gave up one hit while striking out eight to earn the win for the junior Chargers.

Ben Cooper and Cody Kale had two hits apiece for Crest (2-0), which plays at Burns at 4:30 p.m. Monday.

Burns 8, Kings Mountain 4 (Thursday)  Chris Proctor had three hits, including a triple, for the junior Bulldogs (1-0), with Zach Pruett adding two hits and two RBIs.

Jacob Baker earned the win on the mound for Burns.

College softball

GWU goes 1-1 at Auburn tourney -- The Gardner-Webb softball team recorded a 3-0 win over Southern University in the morning game and fell to host Auburn 10-0 in the afternoon Friday at the War Eagle Classic.

GWUs split snapped a three-game win streak as they fell to 3-5.

Jessica Childers earned her first win of the season in the opener, allowing three hits while striking out eight in a complete game.

Melinda Dulkowski was 2-for-3 with two RBIs in the win, while Jordyn Arrowood and Morgan Baker each added two hits also.

Samantha Meenaghan led GWY with two hits in the Auburn loss. Ashley Rhyne took the pitching decision.

GWU plays Middle Tennessee State at 6:30 p.m. today in the tournament.

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